Living-Room War

Thoughts, musings, behind the scenes, works in process, and with a little luck, a chronicle of the making of writer/director Doug Karr’s first feature film from development to distribution...

Monday, November 19, 2007

My Thermonuclear Family Award

OK... so I have so much news to report that I'm gonna have to split it up into a bunch of individual posts... (sorry I've been off the radar for so long, things have been crazy) first up:

I'm very pleased to announce that the screenplay I've been working on (forever) for our feature film project "My Thermonuclear Family," has just won the Grand Prize at the 2007 FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards. FilmMakers International's annual competition attracted over 1300 entries worldwide this year. The crazy prize includes a healthy (much needed) dose of cash, a trip to San Fran for Screenwriting Expo 2008, professional script coverage, the works.

But as exciting as that may seem, even more exciting is the fact that I just got my fingers printed and an official all access corrections pass in my continued attempts to research and add verisimilitude to "My Thermonuclear Family". That's right folks Doug's going to jail:

Coming right up... a series of posts covering the production of our new film "Ten For Grandpa" and other stories from the front including our recent work with Billy Crudup, Mario Batali, Piper Perabo and Allan Cumming... and much more...

About Me

Doug Karr has worked in the film industry since 1997 creating original independent films. Karr's most recent project, the explosive black comedy, "Anniversary Present," stars David Alpay (Ararat) and Liane Balaban (New Waterford Girl). Karr’s 2003 mental health caper "The Straitjacket Lottery" (commissioned by CBC National and Bravo! Channel) screened at over 25 festivals and won multiple awards. Karr’s other credits include the award winning experimental documentary "LSD25," and the hour long documentary "Lifecycles: a story of AIDS in Malawi".